Idwal Foel

Idwal Foel (885-942) was Prince of Gwynedd from 916 to 942, succeeding Anarawd ap Rhodri and preceding Hywel Dda.

Biography
Idwal Foel was the son of Anarawd ap Rhodri, and he inherited the throne of Gwynedd in 916. He allied with Aethelstan of England in 924, and he took part in his campaign against Scotland before marching with Hywel Dda of Deheubarth against Owain I ap Dyfnwal of Strathclyde. In 942, after Aethelstan died, Idwal decided to go to war with his successor Edmund I of England, and he was killed in battle with the Anglo-Saxons in 942.